Reading vs Blackpool

27 April 2024 · League One · 2023/24 · Referee B Speedie

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 1–1

Sam Smith 45+2’
Harvey Knibbs 68’
Femi Azeez 71’

Karamoko Dembélé 4’
Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel 90+2’

Match summary

Reading came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Blackpool. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Karamoko Dembélé put Blackpool ahead in the 4th minute and Sam Smith equalised with a header in first-half stoppage time. In the second half, Harvey Knibbs put Reading in front in the 68th minute, Femi Azeez made it 3-1 in the 71st minute, and Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel pulled one back to make it 3-2 in stoppage time.

Shots finished 18-10 to Reading, with 6 on target for Reading and 6 for Blackpool.

Match stats

18 Shots 10

6 Shots on Target 6

6 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

Key events

Reading Blackpool

Kick-off

4’

Karamoko Dembélé

0-1

Sam Smith

1-1

45+2’

Half-time1-1

Harvey Knibbs

2-1

68’

Femi Azeez

3-1

71’

90+2’

Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel

3-2

Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Reading

Jayden Wareham

Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Blackpool attacking Reading attacking

Goal On target Off target or blocked

Hover or tap a shot for the player and minute.

Player stats

Players16 players


Joel Pereira	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Clinton Mola Taken off	84′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Amadou Salif Mbengue	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Tyler Bindon Taken off	76′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jeriel Dorsett	90′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Ben Elliott Taken off	76′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Lewis Wing	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Femi Azeez Taken off	84′	1	–	2	–	–	–	–
Harvey Knibbs	90′	1	–	5	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan Taken off	66′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sam Smith	90′	1	–	4	–	–	–	–
Mamadi Camara Came on as a substitute	24′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Thomas Holmes Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Charlie Savage Came on as a substitute	14′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Kelvin Abrefa Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jayden Wareham Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	1	–	–	–

Players15 players


Daniel Grimshaw	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Matthew Pennington	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Marvin Ekpiteta	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
James Husband	90′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
CJ Hamilton Taken off	78′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Karamoko Dembélé	90′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
George Byers Taken off	77′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Sonny Carey Taken off	77′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Hayden Coulson	90′	–	–	2	–	–	–	–
Kyle Joseph Taken off	84′	–	–	1	–	–	–	–
Jake Beesley	90′	–	–	3	–	–	–	–
Ollie Norburn Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Albie Morgan Came on as a substitute	13′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Jordan Lawrence-Gabriel Came on as a substitute	12′	1	–	1	–	–	–	–
Matthew Virtue-Thick Came on as a substitute	6′	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Came on Taken off Sent off Red is the most in that position for the team

Every player who took the pitch, starters first and then substitutes. A dash means none. xG and xA are expected goals and assists.

Before kick-off

Reading win 28% Avg odds 3.36

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.79

Blackpool win 47% Avg odds 1.98

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Reading L D W D L

Blackpool D W W W W

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Blackpool 4-1 Reading, 23 Sep 23 Next meeting: Reading 0-3 Blackpool, 14 Dec 24 All Reading vs Blackpool meetings

Shots, expected goals, timeline, lineups, team and player statistics from Bzzoiro Sports Data (sports.bzzoiro.com). Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.